Top foreign varsities participate in virtual education fair

Updated on: Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Eighteen top Australian universities, including five listed among the world's top 100, are taking part in a virtual education fair here, a statement said on Monday.

Hosted by IDP Education, the country's top university placement forum for higher education in the US and Australia, the event was inaugurated on Jan 17 and would go onto January 28.

Students are chatting live with selected university representatives to know about study modules and placements queries. A round-the-clock window for offline queries is augmenting the online initiative with more inputs, the statement added.

The fair would facilitate students to apply for fee waivers and scholarships if short listed by the registered universities.

The regional director of IDP for South Asia Harmeet Pental said, "The virtual fair was a step to guide students to the right options for higher studies.

We have conceptualized this fair with a very uncomplicated approach to serve a large group. The IDP offline support will be for formalities like application submission, offer acceptance, visa counseling and tuition fee payment."

IDP Education has more than 70 counseling centers in 24 countries. It is jointly owned by 38 Australian universities.

In 2010, IDP commenced counseling for US. IDP is now the largest service provider with over 80 US universities.

Currently, India has 15 counseling centers in 13 cities of India guiding thousands of students and their families through their university search.

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